Ingrid Koivukangas will be at Pre/amble to talk about
two Vancouver land-based installation works completed
in 2001 and 2002. Both works invite the viewer on a
multi-layered journey through the land, that begins
with the overlaying of an archetypal symbol - a golden
spiral and circle - on a map of the Lower Mainland.
Viewers can journey through the works online, and/or
download maps so that they can make the physical
journey to the sites themselves.

The Nautilus Project was created for the illumine
exhibition, honouring the 2001 opening of Arthur
Erickson's Waterfall Building. The work was completed
over 5 days and echoes some of the architectural
elements found at the site, including the golden
spiral which is the form of the outer stairways which
lead to the rooftop of the building.

The Five Circle Project: Vancouver was completed
during an artist residency at CBC Studios Vancouver
from March 12 to 21, 2002 for the ZeD Beta v.1 pilot.
A map of the Lower Mainland was overlayed with five
concentric circles, radiating outwards from the CBC
studios in downtown Vancouver. Four sites were chosen
on each of the circles for a total of 20 sites.

BIO:

Ingrid Koivukangas is a first-generation Finnish
Canadian, born in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario and raised
on the West Coast. She has recently completed her MFA
at the University of Calgary and is living in
Vancouver; teaching in the Fine Art Department at
Langara College. She is currently working on her PhD
through the Resources and the Environment Faculty at
the University of Calgary. Her PhD research work is
based on an environmental land artist working in
collaboration with architects - so that the work of a
land artist is an integral part of the design process.
Connecting the site, viewer and building through
permanent site-specific works that honour and
integrate the history of the land and its people, as
well as celestial, botanical and spiritual
connections.

Ingrid's gallery work has ranged from installations
bringing the site to the gallery via natural
materials, magnifying glasses, microscopes, video,
photography and sound to framed works that combine
site photographs with topographic maps, aerial
photographs, stereoscopic glasses, GPS readings and
natural site materials - that combined, act as a map
to the site. Viewers are encouraged to leave the
gallery, with maps to visit the sites themselves.